If you know some people with different cams take a ride with them the drivability is the biggest part. You can get away with a fairly mild cam and spray and go fast. If you want 450-500 na your going to need something more aggressive.

 

I don't would be nice if I did though, it would help alot. I've been looking at videos trying to compare but its not the same.

 

What's needed when going 6.0? Does it plug right up or will I need to do some fab work?

 

It's a direct swap. You'll be missing one alternator bolt hole with the iron block but isn't really a huge issue..

 

After some reading and thinking ive decided to stay with my stock bottom end and freshen it up. So with that being said and starting with my stock bottom freshened what should I go with after that? How much are my heads worth? Can I sell them for a decent chunck of change to help me get closer to getting to 400-425hp??? What all can I sell from my motor that's still reusable and what can I price them at??

 

What links are out there to help me find what parts to go with and combine to help me reach my goal? I'd like to get some numbers as well so that I can see what results these combinations got people. Keep in mind that this will be my daily driver but want to be able to eat SRT and coyotes all day long.

 

You can use your stock heads and get them ported to get to the 400-425 range. I would start with stall headers spray you will be eating mustangs and challengers no problem. If you don't want to do spray getting your heads ported and a good cam will get you there no problem.

 

What range would cam, stall, ported heads, LTs, and a 100 shot get me? Never sprayed so I'd like to stay low til I know I can handle that kick.

 

Heads cam spray will be over 500hp. If you just want 400-425 you don't need both but if you have to motor out the cam shaft and heads are a pretty easy swap.

 

Alright cool, what size cam would be best? Would like to spray later in the future so I think something that can handle some nitrous would be good. Also where can I find some info on what size porting to go with? For exhaust I was thinking some pacesetter LTs 1 3/4" with a 3" collector would be good with a xpipe and 3" bullets dumped before the axle.

 

My transmission runs fine but with 220,xxx miles im sure something will have to be done as stated above. Which leads me to my next question? What stage 2 kits are reliable and won't hurt the pocket TOO much??

 

No disrespect, but after reading this thread, I think that you should save your $$$ and drive the car as is for now. All the $$$ that it will take to achieve your that hp level could be applied to a much lower mileage vehicle. At 220k, every component that has moving parts is beyond its life and will need to be replaced. Been there done that in life myself.

 

Thanks for your $.02

 

ya 220k miles i know it, just changed everything on the accessory belt, rack and pinion and tie rods. 220k miles is annoying for maintenance

 

If he does it as he brakes stuff that is what he is doing you end up replacing most of this stuff any way on a built car. If I was building a race car on a budget that's what I would do your belts and shocks and plugs are all things that just get replaced anyway as you change stuff to go faster. Your pump goes out upgrade it your doing an under drive pully new belt it just means you can't sell of your low mileage parts.